Tax Prep Directory
Specialties · 6 categories

Different returns, different preparers.

A rental-property filer and a Schedule C freelancer need different rooms of expertise. A business owner starting an S-corp needs someone else entirely. Our directory sorts firms by the work they actually focus on — not by what their website says they could do.

1006 firms

Individual Tax Prep

W-2, 1099, Schedule A through C — the returns that fill a filing cabinet. Best for salaried earners, freelancers, and anyone whose return fits on ten pages or less.

272 firms

Business Tax

LLCs, S-corps, partnerships. Quarterly estimates, K-1s, depreciation schedules, entity-level strategy — and the people who file Form 7004 before the deadline, not after.

289 firms

IRS Resolution

Audits, back-tax debt, liens, Offers in Compromise, innocent-spouse relief. Enrolled Agents and CPAs who have read more IRS letters than greeting cards.

354 firms

Bookkeeping & Payroll

Year-round books, QuickBooks cleanup, monthly close, 1099 prep, payroll filings. The infrastructure behind a clean tax return, done twelve months a year.

84 firms

Full-Service CPA Firm

Multi-partner firms handling tax, advisory, and attest work under one roof — the shop a growing business graduates to when the one-person preparer becomes a single point of failure.

14 firms

Expat & International

FBAR, FATCA, Forms 2555 and 1116, tax-treaty positions. For Americans abroad and foreign nationals filing stateside — a small world of preparers, most of whom know each other.

Not sure which one?

Match the return to the specialty, not the other way around:

  • One job, W-2, standard deduction → Individual Tax Prep.
  • Side gig with 1099-NEC or a small Schedule C → Individual Tax Prep (a preparer comfortable with self-employment).
  • LLC, S-corp, or partnership with K-1s → Business Tax.
  • IRS letter in your hand → IRS Resolution, regardless of how the underlying return was prepared.
  • Monthly books, payroll, 1099 filings → Bookkeeping & Payroll (often as a year-round relationship).
  • Growing business that needs tax, audit, and advisory in one place → Full-Service CPA Firm.
  • American living abroad, foreign national filing stateside, FBAR or FATCA exposure → Expat & International.

Still uncertain? Start with the vetting guide — it walks through the decisions in order.